Necktie-holder



S. BERLIN.

NECKTIE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27. 1919.

1,373,941. Patented Apr. 5, 1921;

lamanfierfih INVENTOR.

" ATTGBNEY.

rates 'SOLOMON BERLIN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKTIE-HOLDEB.

Application filed June 27,

' an object to provide a holder for a necktie which will greatly enhancethe appearance of the tie and also permit of an adjustment of the tie upon the collar.

Among other features the invention com- 'irehends a holder consisting of few parts and which can be cheaply manufactured, the holder being so designed and constructed that a tie such as the usual four-in-hand scarf can be readily applied to the holder and secured thereon in the usual knot, the holder and tie as a unit being then applied to the collar and the stud or button thereof, with an adjustment provided to permit of the ready application of the tie and its accompanying holder in an effective position with relation to the collar, depending entirely upon the particular style and character of the collar.

In the further disclosure of the invention, reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder showing the tie applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the frame holder by itself, with the adjusting element for the collar button swung into lowered position.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the holder, showing the tie applied thereto with the shank of the collar button shown in section.

Fig. 4. is a vertical sectional view taken on the line 4-4 in Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5- is a perspective view of a slightly modified form of holder.

The holder illustrated in Figs. 14 inclusive, is indicated in its entirety by the numeral and comprises generally a winglike frame or part 11, a depending shank 12 and an adjusting element 13. The latter is preferably made of a single piece of wire- Specification of Letters Patent.

1919. Serial No. 307,053

like material, forming a series of loops 14;

Patented Aprnii, 1921.

in which the stem 15 of a collar button'is adapted to be received, the adjusting ele ment normally lying immediately behind tie shank 12.

The frame 11 and shank 12 are preferably made of a single piece of wire which is bent to form the wings 16 and the central portion 17, the latter by reason of the particular shaping of the wire providing an upstanding hump 18 after which the wire is bent to form 'the shank 12 mentioned heretofore with the upper end ofthe adjusting element 13 mounted to swing on a cross portion 19 of the shank.

The usual four-in-hand scarf 20 is ap plied to the holder in any desired manner but preferably by arranging a narrow part of the scarf against the front of the shank, passing the long end of the scarf over the hump 18 and then winding the scarf around the shank and the narrow portion of the scarf, after which the long or wide end of the scarf is passed through one of the portions of the scarf looped around the shank and then drawn down to form the knot.

It will be particularly noted that the provision of the hump 18 plays an important part in the proper formation of the knot that a part of the scarf being looped around the shank of the holder and then passed over the hump provides a corresponding raised portion or hump in the knot which isgenerally considered to be a clesirable construction in the tie of a four-inhand scarf so that when a tie is applied to the device and the device is subsequently applied to a collar, the effect will be that ofthe usual scarf tied in the usual manner without an interposed holder.

After the scarf has been arranged upon the holder as mentioned, the device is disposed to have the wings 16 extend beneath the usual flaps of a collar (not shown) and the adjusting element is now swung. into position in the rear of the shank so that one of the loop portions 14 thereof will engage with the stem 15 of the collar button it being readily apparent that by having numerous of the loop portions, the tie can be arranged in a low position relative to the collar or in a high position, depending entirely upon the particular form and style of collar and the desire of the user as to the position of his tie, relative to the collar.

In Fig. 5 I show a slightly modified form of my device in which instance the frame indicated by the numeral 21 together with the shank 22 are either formed of solid material or the same as the holder shown in Fig. 2, but covered with some form of material, this construction being in some instances preferable to the wire-like formation. Otherwise the frame 21, as to its remaining parts, is substantially the same as the construction shown in the preferred form, and it will be apparent that the frame 21 madesolid, also provides for a hump 23, the latter being equivalent to the hump 18.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the device described is of a simple construction; consists of few parts, can be cheaply manufactured and because of the simplicity of the entire device, it Will not reac ily' get out of order and can be easily employed for the purpose mentioned, by

persons not necessarily skilled in the art of tying the usual four-in-hand scarfs.

Having described my invention, I claim-' A tie holder for a collar and the button thereof comprising a frame including wings and a shank, a bump on the frame at the central portion thereof, said hump lying in the vertical plane of the shank and at the inner extremities of said wings, and an adjusting element mounted to swing upon the lower end of the shank to be moved into position behind the shank and in the vertical SOLOMON BERLIN. 

